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@@&$$$*~-. RAILS .-~*$$$&@@
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##@@&$*~-. TRAINS ARE SO CONSTRUCTED THAT THEY .-~*$&@@##
###@@&*~-. HAVE TO FOLLOW A SET PATH. THIS PATH IS .-~*&@@###
##@@&$*~-. CALLED A "RAILWAY", WHICH IS COMPRISED .-~*$&@@##
@$~....... OF TWO METAL RAILS, HENCE ITS NICKNAME. .......~$@
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@@@&$$*~-. BECAUSE THE LOW FRICTION BETWEEN THE .-~*$$&@@@
@@@$$**~-. WHEELS OF THE TRAIN AND THE RAIL METAL, .-~**$$@@@
##@@&$*~-. THERE ARE LIMITS FOR HOW ACUTE A CURVE .-~*$&@@##
#@&**~~~-. CAN BE, AND EVEN MORE SO FOR HOW MUCH .-~~~**&@#
##@@&$*~-. THE GROUND UNDER THE RAILS CAN BE .-~*$&@@##
@&&&*-.... SLOPED. THUS A RAILWAY IS OFTEN NOT LED ....-*&&&@
##@@&$*~-. ON TOP OF HILLS, RATHER THROUGH THEM IN .-~*$&@@##
##@@&$*~-. TUNNELS (IF THEY ARE LARGE), OR .-~*$&@@##
@@&*-..... ARTIFICIAL CHASMS. .....-*&@@
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##@@&$*~-. THERE WILL BE TREES ON THE SIDE OF THE .-~*$&@@##
@&$~-..... RAILS, BUT NOT TOO CLOSE, OR THEY WILL .....-~$&@
##@@&$*~-. BE CUT DOWN BY THE RAILWAY JANITORS. .-~*$&@@##
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##@@&$*~-. WATER. .-~*$&@@##
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###@@&*~-. TRAINS GO BY DAY AND BY NIGHT. ALONG .-~*&@@###
@@@@&$*~-. THE WAY, THERE IS INFORMATION .-~*$&@@@@
@$$~~..... SCATTERED, OFTEN PUT ON TOP OF POLES, .....~~$$@
##@@&$*~-. TO BE INTERPRETED BY THE TRAIN DRIVERS. .-~*$&@@##
@&$**--... DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE RAILWAY HAVE ...--**$&@
###@@$*~-. DIFFERENT SPEED LIMITS. .-~*$@@###
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@$$~...... SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO STOP AND WAIT ......~$$@
##@@&$*~-. FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS .-~*$&@@##
##@@&$*~-. IS SIGNALED BY RED OR GREEN LIGHTS. .-~*$&@@##
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##@@&$*~-. MANY PEOPLE FOLLOW THE RAILS BY FOOT. .-~*$&@@##
@@$~~~.... OFTEN THIS PROVES TO BE THE SHORTER ....~~~$@@
@&$~-..... PATH BETWEEN TWO POINTS. HOWEVER THIS .....-~$&@
##@@&$*~-. IS FROWNED UPON, AND VERY IMPOLITE .-~*$&@@##
##@@&$*~-. TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS! .-~*$&@@##
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